taxonID	type	description	language	source
8C55878D9B65FFD0FF6BFD69FD68FA7F.taxon	description	Desectophis. — Karg & Schorlemmer (2011 b): 217.	en	Rueda-Ramirez, Diana, Castilho, Raphael C., De Moraes, Gilberto J. (2013): Mites of the superfamily Rhodacaroidea (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Colombia, with a key for the world species of Desectophis Karg (Ologamasidae). Zootaxa 3734 (5): 521-535, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3734.5.2
8C55878D9B65FFD0FF6BFD69FD68FA7F.taxon	materials_examined	Type species: Desectophis magnosimilis Karg, 2003 a, by original designation.	en	Rueda-Ramirez, Diana, Castilho, Raphael C., De Moraes, Gilberto J. (2013): Mites of the superfamily Rhodacaroidea (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Colombia, with a key for the world species of Desectophis Karg (Ologamasidae). Zootaxa 3734 (5): 521-535, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3734.5.2
8C55878D9B65FFD0FF6BFD69FD68FA7F.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis (adult female). Epistome with a single acuminate anteromedian extension. Podonotal and opisthonotal shields separated. Dorsal idiosomal setae aciculate or distally expanded and smooth or slightly pilose. Opisthonotal and ventri-anal shields fused. Two pairs of presternal plates present. Endopodal shields totally fused with sternal shield. Ventri-anal shield extending over most of the opisthogaster, with eight pairs of setae in addition to the circum-anal setae. Peritreme straight and extending anterior to level of seta z 1. Peritrematic shield progressively widening posteriorly, fused with posterior portion of exopodal shield beside coxa IV; posterior margin truncate. Exopodal shield fragmented into a triangular platelet between coxae I – II, an elongate platelet extending from mid region of coxa II to mid region of coxa IV, and an arched platelet fused with peritrematic shield around posterior half of coxa IV. All legs with pretarsi. Notes on the genus. In the diagnosis of Desectophis, Karg & Schorlemmer (2011 b) mentioned the following characteristics for species in this genus: (a) ventri-anal shield fused with opisthonotal shield; (b) peritrematic shield fused with exopodal shield beside coxa IV; (c) peritrematic shield separated from ventri-anal shield in female and fused with ventri-anal shield in male. The four previously known species of Desectophis, including D. eulateris (Karg), which was originally described in Acuphis Karg, were described from the Andean region of Ecuador (Karg, 1998, 2003 a; Karg & Schorlemmer, 2011 b). The new species described here were collected from areas with similar climatic characteristics, in the Andean region of Colombia.	en	Rueda-Ramirez, Diana, Castilho, Raphael C., De Moraes, Gilberto J. (2013): Mites of the superfamily Rhodacaroidea (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Colombia, with a key for the world species of Desectophis Karg (Ologamasidae). Zootaxa 3734 (5): 521-535, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3734.5.2
8C55878D9B65FFD5FF6BFA15FF48F800.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis of adults. Dorsal idiosomal setae slightly pilose and distally expanded, except z 1, z 2, s 1 – s 3, r 4 – r 6 and R 1 aciculate and smooth. Podonotal shield with 22 pairs of setae including r 3 – r 6; r 1 and r 2 absent. Opisthonotal shield with 21 pairs of setae including R 1 – R 5 and UR 3; seta UR 5 inserted next to line of fusion between ventri-anal and opisthonotal shields, visible ventrally on mounted specimens; with five pairs of J setae; setae J and Z not reaching bases of subsequent setae, except J 4, reaching base of J 5. Ventri-anal shield smooth anteriorly with numerous tiny shallow pits in its posterior two-thirds. Adult female (Figs 1 – 7) — Four specimens measured.	en	Rueda-Ramirez, Diana, Castilho, Raphael C., De Moraes, Gilberto J. (2013): Mites of the superfamily Rhodacaroidea (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Colombia, with a key for the world species of Desectophis Karg (Ologamasidae). Zootaxa 3734 (5): 521-535, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3734.5.2
8C55878D9B65FFD5FF6BFA15FF48F800.taxon	description	Gnathosoma. Fixed digit of chelicera 106 (99 – 114) long, with seven teeth in addition to apical tooth and setiform pilus dentilis (Fig. 1); movable digit of chelicera 100 (92 – 108) long, with three teeth in addition to apical tooth; antiaxial and dorsal lyrifissures distinct; dorsal cheliceral seta not distinct; arthrodial process with a short coronet-like fringe. Epistome with a single acuminate anteromedian process; base of the process and remaining anterior margin of epistome denticulate; dorsal surface of epistome with two arched denticulate dorsal lines, the anterior continuous and the posterior medially interrupted (Fig. 2). Numbers of setae on palp trochanter – tarsus: 2 - 5 - 6 - 14 - 15. Seta al 1 of palp genu three-tined, with central tine much larger than others and capitate (Fig. 3 a). Deutosternum with eight roughly transverse lines of denticles, each with 4 – 28 denticles between deutosternal lateral delimiting lines, which are constricted along 2 – 3 most basal rows; and three pairs of rows of denticles laterad of lateral line (between lines 5 – 6, next to line 7 and next to line 8); each of these lines with 5 – 11 denticles (Fig. 3 b). Internal malae distinctly separated from each other, lateral margins fimbriate. Corniculus horn-like, about twice as long as its basal width. Seta h 3 about in longitudinal line with h 1 and posterior to and mediad of h 2. Measurements of setae: h 1 60 (57 – 62), h 2 38, h 3 59 (58 – 60), sc 39 (37 – 40); all setae aciculate and smooth. Dorsal idiosoma (Fig. 4). Idiosoma 630 (605 – 650) long and 428 (400 – 465) wide at widest level. Podonotal and opisthonotal shields separated. Podonotal shield 331 (315 – 340) long and 418 (400 – 441) wide at widest level, extending to margin of dorsal surface of idiosoma, except for a small lateral triangular area of unsclerotised cuticle next to each posterior corner; smooth; with 22 pairs of setae (including r 3 – r 6; r 1 and r 2 absent), four pairs of lyrifissures (posterolaterad of z 1, anteromesad of s 1, anterior to and about in longitudinal line with z 3, posterior to and about in longitudinal line with r 4) and four pairs of pores (anterolaterad of j 4, posterolaterad of j 4, posteromesad of z 5, anterolaterad of j 6). Opisthonotal shield 299 (290 – 310) long and 428 (402 – 455) wide at widest level, extending to margin of dorsal surface of idiosoma, except for a small lateral triangular area next to each anterior corner; with numerous tiny shallow pits in the posterior two-thirds of the shield, smooth elsewhere; with 21 pairs of setae (including R 1 – R 5 and UR 3), and five pairs of lyrifissures (anteromesad of Z 1, anterolaterad of J 1, posterolaterad of J 2, anteromesad of Z 3, posteromesad of Z 4). Measurements of setae: j 1 41 (39 – 44), j 2 43 (40 – 45), j 3 44 (43 – 44), j 4 43 (42 – 43), j 5 38 (36 – 40), j 6 43 (43 – 44), z 1 25 (20 – 30), z 2 25 (23 – 27), z 3 51 (50 – 53), z 4 41 (40 – 41), z 5 41 (40 – 41), z 6 46 (45 – 47), s 1 28 (25 – 31), s 2 35 (31 – 37), s 3 50, s 4 38 (37 – 38), s 5 46 (45 – 47), s 6 52 (50 – 57), r 3 73 (67 – 78), r 4 58 (50 – 66), r 5 66 (57 – 89), r 6 59 (51 – 75), J 1 31, J 2 32 (30 – 33), J 3 40 (37 – 45), J 4 43 (38 – 50), J 5 42 (37 – 45), Z 1 47 (44 – 50), Z 2 51 (48 – 55), Z 3 44 (41 – 50), Z 4 42 (38 – 46), Z 5 60 (55 – 65), S 1 46 (42 – 50), S 2 50 (47 – 55), S 3 55 (50 – 61), S 4 50 (46 – 57), S 5 49 (43 – 54), R 1 63 (50 – 80), R 2 42 (40 – 45), R 3 42 (39 – 45), R 4 57 (51 – 64), R 5 59 (51 – 67), UR 3 43 (43 – 44). All dorsal idiosomal setae slightly pilose and distally expanded, except z 1, z 2, s 1 – s 3, r 4 – r 6 and R 1, aciculate and smooth. Ventral idiosoma (Figs 5, 6). Almost totally sclerotised, except for a very narrow transverse strip of unsclerotised cuticle between podosoma and opisthosoma and a pair of narrow unsclerotised mediolateral strips. Base of tritosternum 40 (37 – 41) long and 20 (19 – 21) wide proximally; laciniae 74 (71 – 77), separated for about 85 % of their total length, pilose. Two pairs of presternal plates present, the anterior much smaller than the posterior. Sternal shield smooth; approximately 112 (108 – 115) long at mid – line and 102 (97 – 105) wide at widest level; posterior margin concave, enclosing most of the genital shield; with four pairs of setae and four pairs of lyrifissures. Endopodal shield fused with and distinctly more sclerotised than sternal shield. Genital shield smooth; lateral margins distinctly more sclerotised than remainder of the shield; posterior margin truncate and about in line with posterior margin of coxa IV; approximately 111 (105 – 117) long and 101 (98 – 105) wide at widest level; distance between st 5 – st 5 88 (78 – 93). Ventri-anal shield with numerous tiny shallow pits in the posterior two-thirds of the shield, smooth elsewhere; very large, about 445 (405 – 475) long at mid – line and 302 (290 – 320) wide at widest level, fused with opisthonotal shield; with eight pairs of setae (Jv 1 – Jv 3, Jv 5, Zv 1 – Zv 3 and UR 5) in addition to circum-anal setae, one pair of distinguishable lyrifissures (anterolaterad of Zv 1) and one pair of pores (laterad of and about in transverse line with Jv 5); median region of anterior margin distinctly more sclerotised than remainder of the shield. Peritreme extending anteriorly to level of z 1. Peritrematic shield broad, fused anteriorly to dorsal shield at level of r 4; widening progressively posteriorly, fused with posterior portion of exopodal shield beside coxa IV (Fig. 6); posterior margin truncate; with two pairs of lyrifissures posterior and next to stigma. Exopodal shield distinctly more sclerotised than surrounding shields, fragmented into three parts: a triangular platelet between coxae I and II, an elongate platelet extending from mid region of coxa II to mid region of coxa IV and an arched platelet fused with peritrematic shield around posterior half of coxa IV; with a pore (gv 2) posterior to coxa IV (Figs 5 and 6). Metapodal platelet indistinct. Measurements of setae: st 1 30, st 2 27, st 3 28 (25 – 30), st 4 22 (20 – 23), st 5 22 (20 – 23), Jv 1 22, Jv 2 24 (24 – 25), Jv 3 42 (40 – 45), Jv 5 46 (43 – 50), Zv 1 22, Zv 2 29 (28 – 30), Zv 3 36 (35 – 37), UR 5 40 (39 – 42), para-anal 20, post-anal 32 (30 – 34). All ventral idiosoma setae aciculate and smooth, except Jv 3 – Jv 5, Zv 2, Zv 3, UR 5 and post-anal setae, slightly pilose and distally expanded. Spermathecal apparatus. Not visible. Legs. Lengths: I: 537 (503 – 560); II: 444 (420 – 465); III: 415 (390 – 430); IV: 541 (520 – 556). Numbers of setae on legs I – IV: coxae: 2, 2, 2, 1; trochanters: 6, 5, 5, 5; femora: 13, 11, 6, 6; genua: 13, 11, 9, 10; tibiae: 14, 10, 8, 10; tarsi: I not counted, then 18, 18, 18. Chaetotaxy as reported by Evans (1963) for the “ Rhodacarus - group ” of Rhodacaridae. Dorsal setae of genua III – IV, tibiae III – IV, pd 3 and ad 3 of tarsus III and pd 3, ad 3 and pd 2 of tarsus IV pilose and distally expanded, similar to most dorsal idiosomal setae, but more slender (Fig. 7 a, b). All dorsal setae of femur and genu of leg IV and of femur, genu and tibia of other legs similar to each other in lengths. All legs with pretarsi, each with three rounded pulvillar lobes, elongate ambulacral stalk and a pair of strongly sclerotised claws; pretarsus I about half as long as other pretarsi. Adult male (Figs 8 – 11) — One specimen measured. Gnathosoma. Fixed and movable digit of chelicera 83 and 74 long respectively; teeth and pilus dentilis not clearly visible due to position of chelicera; spermatodactyl 65 long, tapering slightly distally; dorsal cheliceral seta and dorsal lyrifissure distinct, antiaxial lyrifissure not visible because of position of chelicera (Fig. 8). Arthrodial process of chelicera, palp chaetotaxy, apotele, epistome, deutosternum and position of hypostomal setae as in adult female. Measurements of setae: h 1 42, h 2 30, h 3 51, sc 33. Shape of setae as in adult female. Dorsal idiosoma (Fig. 9). Idiosoma 570 long and 375 wide at widest level; podonotal shield 300 long and 370 wide at widest level; opisthonotal shield 269 long and 375 wide at widest level; other features similar to those of adult female. Measurements of setae: j 1 36, j 2 40, j 3 broken, j 4 40, j 5 35, j 6 43, z 1 22, z 2 21, z 3 53, z 4 44, z 5 39, z 6 44, s 1, s 2 and s 3 broken, s 4 39, s 5 46, s 6 54, r 3 72, r 4 67, r 5 75, r 6 71, J 1, J 2 and J 3 broken, J 4 47, J 5 40, Z 1 47, Z 2 50, Z 3 47, Z 4 41, Z 5 61, S 1 44, S 2 51, S 3 61, S 4 52, S 5 51, R 1 74, R 2 44, R 3 38, R 4 60, R 5 60, UR 3 39. Shape of dorsal idiosomal setae as in adult female. Ventral idiosoma (Fig. 10). Sternogenital, endopodal, ventri-anal and peritrematic shields, and section of exopodal shield beside coxa IV all fused, extending over whole ventral surface of idiosoma. Base of tritosternum 39 long and 21 wide; laciniae 82, separated for about 85 % of their total length, pilose. Two pairs of presternal plates present, the anterior much smaller than the posterior. Sternogenital region smooth; with five pairs of setae and four pairs of lyrifissures; distance between st 5 - st 5 78 – 93; genital opening on anterior margin. Ventri-anal region with numerous tiny shallow pits in the posterior two thirds, smooth elsewhere; shield fused with opisthonotal shield; with eight pairs of setae (Jv 1 - Jv 3, Jv 5, Zv 1 - Zv 3 and UR 5) in addition to circum-anal setae, without distinguishable lyrifissures and with one pair of pores (mesad of and about in transverse line with Jv 5); UR 5 on line of fusion between ventrianal and opisthonotal shields, visible ventrally in mounted specimen. Other characters similar to those of adult female. Measurements of setae: st 1 20, st 2 21, st 3 21, st 4 22, st 5 18, Jv 1 and Jv 2 broken, Jv 3 40, Jv 5 45, Zv 1 broken, Zv 2 28, Zv 3 35, UR 5 37, para-anal 19, post-anal 31. Shape of ventral idiosomal setae as in adult female. Legs: Lengths: I: 500; II: 387; III: 379; IV: 483. Numbers of setae of leg segments similar to those of adult female. Shape of setae as in adult female, except for a spur-like ventral process on each femur (the longest), genu and tibia II (Fig. 11). All legs with pretarsi, similar to those of adult female.	en	Rueda-Ramirez, Diana, Castilho, Raphael C., De Moraes, Gilberto J. (2013): Mites of the superfamily Rhodacaroidea (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Colombia, with a key for the world species of Desectophis Karg (Ologamasidae). Zootaxa 3734 (5): 521-535, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3734.5.2
8C55878D9B65FFD5FF6BFA15FF48F800.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype female, three paratype females and one paratype male from soil in a fragment of secondary alpine forest (pH 4.0 – 5.0; organic matter 30 – 100 %; humidity 35 – 80 %) at “ Setor San José ” (04 ° 39 ’ N; 73 ° 51 ’ W), “ Vereda Mundo Nuevo ”, municipality of “ La Calera ”, Departamento de Cundinamarca, Colombia, February and December 2010. All types collected by D. Rueda-Ramirez and deposited at Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia, Escola Superior de Agricultura “ Luiz de Queiroz ” (ESALQ), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Piracicaba, State of São Paulo, Brazil.	en	Rueda-Ramirez, Diana, Castilho, Raphael C., De Moraes, Gilberto J. (2013): Mites of the superfamily Rhodacaroidea (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Colombia, with a key for the world species of Desectophis Karg (Ologamasidae). Zootaxa 3734 (5): 521-535, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3734.5.2
8C55878D9B65FFD5FF6BFA15FF48F800.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The term anthuriumsetis is derived from Anthurium (genus of a flowering plant of the family Araceae, whose flowers vaguely resemble the expanded idiosomal setae of the new species here described) + setis, meaning setae.	en	Rueda-Ramirez, Diana, Castilho, Raphael C., De Moraes, Gilberto J. (2013): Mites of the superfamily Rhodacaroidea (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Colombia, with a key for the world species of Desectophis Karg (Ologamasidae). Zootaxa 3734 (5): 521-535, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3734.5.2
8C55878D9B65FFD5FF6BFA15FF48F800.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Desectophis anthuriumsetis is most similar to D. pulcher Karg, 2003 a, but the latter has setae z 1 and z 2 distally expanded, opisthonotal shield with 20 pairs of setae (UR absent), ventri-anal shield ornamented with subparallel undulate and transverse lines. The presence of four pairs of lyrifissures on the sternal (female) or sternogenital (male) shield of D. anthuriumsetis is uncommon among the Ologamasidae, but our examination of the holotype of D. pulcher, type species of the genus, showed that it also has four pairs of lyrifissures on the sternal shield. Descriptions of other species of Desectophis do not refer to this characteristic. In any case, this characteristic is not exclusive to this genus, as it was also reported for 23 other ologamasid species (Castilho et al., 2012 c).	en	Rueda-Ramirez, Diana, Castilho, Raphael C., De Moraes, Gilberto J. (2013): Mites of the superfamily Rhodacaroidea (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Colombia, with a key for the world species of Desectophis Karg (Ologamasidae). Zootaxa 3734 (5): 521-535, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3734.5.2
8C55878D9B63FFD6FF6BFF7BFD38FC7E.taxon	description	Multidentorhodacarus Karg, 2000 b: 144. Rhodacarus (Multidentorhodacarus) Shcherbak, 1980: 72 (nomen nudum). Rhodacarus (Multidentorhodacarus). — Karg, 1996: 170 (nomen nudum). Rhodacarus (Multidentrhodacarus) [sic]. — Karg, 1998: 186 (nomen nudum). Multidentorhodacarus. — Karg, 2000 a: 259 (nomen nudum). Multidentorhodacarus. — Castilho et al., 2012 a: 36; Castilho et al., 2012 b: 32. Type species: Rhodacarus denticulatus Berlese, 1920, by original designation. Notes on the genus. As mentioned by Castilho et al. (2012 a) and Castilho et al. (2012 b), the name Multidentorhodacarus was not made available by Shcherbak (1980) because a type species was not fixed for the subgenus (International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, Article 13.3). The name only became available when Karg (2000 b) published a description of Multidentorhodacarus as a genus, stating its type species to be M. denticulatus (Berlese, 1920). This genus was characterised by Castilho et al. (2012 a, 2012 b). Nine of the 18 currently known species of Multidentorhodacarus, including the new species described here, were described from Neotropical countries, namely Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba and Ecuador (Karg, 1998, 2000 a, 2000 b, 2000 c; Karg & Schorlemmer, 2009; Castilho & Moraes, 2010); others have a very scattered distribution: Indonesia, Iran, New Caledonia, South Africa, Tajikistan, Uganda and USA (Berlese, 1920; Ryke, 1962; Loots, 1969; Shcherbak, 1980; Jordaan et al., 1988; Karg, 1996; Castilho et al., 2012 a). These small and inconspicuous mites that could be much more widespread than presently known.	en	Rueda-Ramirez, Diana, Castilho, Raphael C., De Moraes, Gilberto J. (2013): Mites of the superfamily Rhodacaroidea (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Colombia, with a key for the world species of Desectophis Karg (Ologamasidae). Zootaxa 3734 (5): 521-535, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3734.5.2
8C55878D9B63FFD9FF6BFC16FEB0F800.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis (adult female). Epistome with an anteromedian extension wider at the base and distally denticulate, flanked by a pair of shorter, usually smooth and aciculate anterolateral extensions (occasionally apically or subapically divided); some specimens with a pair of small, round and denticulate more lateral lobes; podonotal shield with a lateral punctate band between s 1 and s 3, with 22 pairs of setae (including r 2, r 3, r 5 and r 6; r 1 absent; r 4 on unsclerotised cuticle); opisthonotal shield with 18 pairs of setae (including R 1, R 3 and R 4; R 2 and R 5 on unsclerotised cuticle); with a pair of accessory shields anterolaterad of podonotal shield; anterior margin of opisthonotal shield without punctate band; Z 3 as long as Z 4; S 1 much shorter than distance between its base and base of S 2; Zv 1 on unsclerotised cuticle next to anterior margin of ventri-anal shield. Adult female (Figs 12 – 16) — Five specimens measured.	en	Rueda-Ramirez, Diana, Castilho, Raphael C., De Moraes, Gilberto J. (2013): Mites of the superfamily Rhodacaroidea (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Colombia, with a key for the world species of Desectophis Karg (Ologamasidae). Zootaxa 3734 (5): 521-535, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3734.5.2
8C55878D9B63FFD9FF6BFC16FEB0F800.taxon	description	Gnathosoma. Fixed digit of chelicera 52 (50 – 55) long, with 11 – 12 teeth in addition to apical tooth and setiform pilus dentilis (Fig. 12); movable digit of chelicera 48 (45 – 50) long, with 3 – 4 teeth in addition to apical tooth; antiaxial and dorsal lyrifissures as well as dorsal seta distinct, the latter capitate. Numbers of setae on palp trochanter – tarsus: 2 - 5 - 6 - 14 - 15; all setiform. Epistome with an anteromedian extension wider at the base and distally denticulate, flanked by a pair of shorter, usually smooth and aciculate anterolateral extensions (occasionally apically or subapically divided); some specimens with a pair of small, round and denticulate more lateral lobes (Fig. 13 a, b). Deutosternum with nine roughly transverse lines, the most basal and the second most distal smooth, others with 8 – 10 denticles each (Fig. 14). Internal malae totally separated from each other, each bifurcate; outer branch of each internal mala fimbriate and inner branch smooth. Corniculus horn-like, about 3.3 – 3.7 times as long as its basal width. Setae h 1 - sc about in longitudinal line. Measurements of setae: h 1 14, h 2 10, h 3 13, sc 11 (10 – 12); all aciculate and smooth. Dorsal idiosoma (Fig. 15). Idiosoma 273 (265 – 284) long and 121 (110 – 129) wide at widest level. Podonotal and opisthonotal shields separated. Podonotal shield smooth, except for a lateral punctate band between s 1 and s 3, and a punctate band along posterior margin; with V-shaped line posterior to setae j 4 and s 2; 137 (130 – 144) long and 121 (110 – 129) wide at widest level; with 22 pairs of setae (including r 2, r 3, r 5 and r 6; r 1 absent) and with three pairs of distinguishable lyrifissures (laterad of and about in transverse line with j 2, anteriad of and about in longitudinal line with z 4, posteriad of and in longitudinal line with j 6); with three small scleronoduli between j 5 and j 6. Unsclerotised cuticle laterad of podonotal shield with a pair of anterolateral accessory shields and a pair of setae (r 4). Opisthonotal shield smooth; 136 (130 – 141) long and 85 (75 – 91) wide at widest level; with 18 pairs of setae (including R 1, R 3 and R 4) and nine pairs of distinguishable lyrifissures (anteriad of and about in longitudinal line with J 1, three pairs close together and anteromesad of S 1, mesad to and in transverse line with J 1, posteromesad of J 2, posterolaterad of J 3, posterolaterad of J 4, anteromesad of Z 5). Unsclerotised cuticle laterad of opisthonotal shield with two pairs of setae (R 2 and R 5). Measurements of setae: j 1 11 (10 – 12), j 2 14 (13 – 14), j 3 14 (12 – 15), j 4 15 (14 – 17), j 5 14 (13 – 15), j 6 14 (14 – 15), z 1 7 (6 – 8), z 2 12 (11 – 12), z 3 13 (12 – 13), z 4 15 (14 – 16), z 5 15 (14 – 15), z 6 17 (15 – 18), s 1 6, s 2 15 (15 – 16), s 3 10 (9 – 11), s 4 16 (16 – 17), s 5 18 (17 – 19), s 6 17 (15 – 18), r 2 14 (12 – 16), r 3 24 (22 – 25), r 4 11 (10 – 11), r 5 11 (10 – 11), r 6 16 (15 – 17), J 1 15 (15 – 16), J 2 14 (13 – 15), J 3 14 (13 – 15), J 4 16 (14 – 17), J 5 15 (14 – 15), Z 1 16 (15 – 17), Z 2 16 (14 – 17), Z 3 17 (17 – 18), Z 4 18 (17 – 19), Z 5 33 (32 – 34), S 1 15, S 2 15 (14 – 16), S 3 16 (15 – 16), S 4 15 (14 – 15), S 5 17 (16 – 17), R 1 10, R 2 10, R 3 10, R 4 11 (10 – 12), R 5 22 (20 – 24). All dorsal idiosomal setae aciculate and smooth. Ventral idiosoma (Fig. 16). Base of tritosternum 17 (15 – 19) long and 9 (9 – 10) wide proximally; laciniae 49 (47 – 50), separated for about 85 % of their total length, pilose. Sternal shield smooth, anterior margin indistinct; region anterior to the first pair of sternal setae (st 1) lightly sclerotised and punctate; posterior margin with short medial rounded projection; approximately 94 (89 – 98) long from anterior margin of lightly sclerotised and punctate region to tip of medial projection of posterior margin and 60 (58 – 61) wide at widest level; with four pairs of setae and three pairs of lyrifissures. Genital shield smooth, with a punctate band along convex posterior margin; extending posteriorly well behind coxae IV; distance between st 5 - st 5 29 (29 – 30). Lyrifissure iv 5 on unsclerotised cuticle, posterolaterad of st 5. Ventri-anal shield smooth, with a punctate band along anterior margin; 93 (90 – 96) long and 68 (66 – 70) wide at widest level, not fused with dorsal shield; with four pairs of setae (Jv 1 – Jv 3 and Zv 2) in addition to circumanal setae, and with three pairs of distinguishable lyrifissures (posteromesad of Zv 1, posterolaterad of Jv 1, anterolaterad of Jv 3). Unsclerotised cuticle around margins of ventri-anal shield with three pairs of setae (Jv 5, Zv 1 and Zv 3). Peritreme extending anteriorly almost to anterior margin of coxa III (region between r 3 and r 4). Peritrematic shield narrow, fused anteriorly to dorsal shield at level of r 3 and extending posteriorly as a narrow diagonal strip to level of posterior margin of coxa IV; with a pair of lyrifissures posterior and next to stigma. A pair of elongate metapodal platelets present, well behind coxa IV, at level of anterolateral corners of ventri-anal shield. Measurements of setae: st 1 15 (14 – 15), st 2 14 (13 – 15), st 3 14 (13 – 15), st 4 16 (15 – 16), st 5 12 (11 – 13), Jv 1 14 (13 – 15), Jv 2 14 (14 – 15), Jv 3 15 (13 – 16), Jv 5 11 (10 – 12), Zv 1 11 (10 – 13), Zv 2 12 (11 – 13), Zv 3 8 (7 – 9), para-anal 19 (19 – 20), post-anal 35 (34 – 37). All ventral idiosomal setae aciculate and smooth. Spermatheca. Not visible. Legs. Lengths: I: 231 (220 – 237); II: 163 (160 – 166); III: 145 (140 – 150); IV: 199 (188 – 210). Numbers of setae on legs I – IV: coxae: 2, 2, 2, 1; trochanters: 6, 5, 5, 5; femora: 13, 11, 6, 6; genua: 13, 11, 9, 10; tibiae: 14, 10, 8, 10; tarsi: I not counted, then 18, 18, 17. Chaetotaxy as reported by Evans (1963) for “ Rhodacarus - group ” of the Rhodacaridae, except tarsus IV with one less seta, pl 4. Seta ad 1 of tibia IV (18 – 20) distinctly longer than other dorsal setae of the same segment (10 – 11); all dorsal setae of femur and genu of leg IV and of femur, genu and tibia of other legs similar to each other in lengths (14 – 17). Seta pd 2 of tarsus IV (27 – 28) erect, slightly longer than other dorsal setae of the same segment (20 – 22). Pretarsus I absent; pretarsi II – IV similar in shape and length, each consisting of an elongate ambulacral stalk, a pair of strongly sclerotised claws and three rounded pulvillar lobes. Adult male. Not found.	en	Rueda-Ramirez, Diana, Castilho, Raphael C., De Moraes, Gilberto J. (2013): Mites of the superfamily Rhodacaroidea (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Colombia, with a key for the world species of Desectophis Karg (Ologamasidae). Zootaxa 3734 (5): 521-535, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3734.5.2
8C55878D9B63FFD9FF6BFC16FEB0F800.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype female and four paratype females from soil in a grassland (pH 5.0 – 7.0; organic matter 20 – 30 %; humidity 70 – 80 %) and from a fragment of secondary alpine forest (pH 4.0 – 6.0; organic matter 40 – 75 %; humidity 65 – 80 %) at “ Setor San José ” (04 ° 39 ’ N 73 ° 51 ’ W) of “ Vereda Mundo Nuevo ”, municipality of “ La Calera ”, Departamento de Cundinamarca, Colombia, February and December 2010. All types collected by D. Rueda-Ramirez and deposited at Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia, Escola Superior de Agricultura “ Luiz de Queiroz ” (ESALQ), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Piracicaba, State of São Paulo, Brazil.	en	Rueda-Ramirez, Diana, Castilho, Raphael C., De Moraes, Gilberto J. (2013): Mites of the superfamily Rhodacaroidea (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Colombia, with a key for the world species of Desectophis Karg (Ologamasidae). Zootaxa 3734 (5): 521-535, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3734.5.2
8C55878D9B63FFD9FF6BFC16FEB0F800.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The term colombianus refers to “ from Colombia ”, country where the type specimens were collected.	en	Rueda-Ramirez, Diana, Castilho, Raphael C., De Moraes, Gilberto J. (2013): Mites of the superfamily Rhodacaroidea (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Colombia, with a key for the world species of Desectophis Karg (Ologamasidae). Zootaxa 3734 (5): 521-535, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3734.5.2
8C55878D9B63FFD9FF6BFC16FEB0F800.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Multidentorhodacarus colombianus is most similar to M. pennacornutus Karg, 1998 but the latter has an epistome with serrated anterolateral extensions, a podonotal shield without an anterolateral punctate band, no accessory shields anterolaterad of podonotal shield, and peritreme extending anteriorly beyond anterior margin of coxa III.	en	Rueda-Ramirez, Diana, Castilho, Raphael C., De Moraes, Gilberto J. (2013): Mites of the superfamily Rhodacaroidea (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Colombia, with a key for the world species of Desectophis Karg (Ologamasidae). Zootaxa 3734 (5): 521-535, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3734.5.2
8C55878D9B6EFFDCFF6BFF3EFC00FE9C.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis (adult female). Epistome with an anteromedian extension wider at the base and distally denticulate, flanked by a pair of shorter, denticulate anterolateral extensions; podonotal shield with a lateral punctate band between s 1 and s 3, with 22 pairs of setae (including r 2, r 3, r 5 and r 6; r 1 absent; r 4 on unsclerotised cuticle); opisthonotal shield with 18 pairs of setae (including R 1, R 3 and R 4; R 2 and R 5 on unsclerotised cuticle); without accessory shields anterolaterad of podonotal shield; with a slim punctate band along medial region of anterior margin of opisthonotal shield; Z 3 about 0.8 to 1.2 times as long as Z 4; S 1 almost reaching base of S 2; Zv 1 on unsclerotised cuticle next to anterior margin of ventri-anal shield. Adult female (Figs. 17 – 21, based on Colombian specimens) – Two Colombian specimens considered, in addition to holotype.	en	Rueda-Ramirez, Diana, Castilho, Raphael C., De Moraes, Gilberto J. (2013): Mites of the superfamily Rhodacaroidea (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Colombia, with a key for the world species of Desectophis Karg (Ologamasidae). Zootaxa 3734 (5): 521-535, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3734.5.2
8C55878D9B6EFFDCFF6BFF3EFC00FE9C.taxon	description	Gnathosoma. Fixed digit of chelicera 56 – 60 (broken in holotype) long, with 11 – 12 teeth in addition to apical tooth and setiform pilus dentilis (Fig. 17); movable digit of chelicera 50 – 55 (broken) long, with five teeth in addition to apical tooth; antiaxial and dorsal lyrifissures as well as dorsal seta distinct, the latter capitate. Numbers of setae on palp trochanter – tarsus: 2 - 5 - 6 - 14 - 15. Epistome with an anteromedian extension wider at the base and distally denticulate, flanked by a pair of shorter, denticulate anterolateral extensions; some specimens with a pair of small, round and denticulate more lateral lobes (Fig. 18). Deutosternum with eight roughly transverse lines of about uniform lengths, each with 13 – 15 denticles (Fig. 19). Internal malae totally separated from each other, each bifurcate; outer branch of each internal mala fimbriate and inner branch smooth. Corniculus horn-like, about 4.1 times as long as its basal width. Setae h 1 - sc about in longitudinal line. Measurements of setae: h 1 20 (broken in holotype), h 2 11 (broken in holotype), h 3 13 (broken in holotype), sc 14 (broken in holotype); all aciculate and smooth. Dorsal idiosoma (Fig. 20). Idiosoma 278 – 300 (292) long and 142 – 165 (164) wide at widest level. Podonotal and opisthonotal shields separated. Podonotal shield smooth, except for a lateral punctate band between s 1 and s 3 and a punctate band along posterior margin; with V-shaped line posterior to setae j 4 and s 2; 141 – 148 (147) long and 135 – 164 (164) wide at widest level; with 22 pairs of setae (including r 2, r 3, r 5 and r 6; r 1 absent) and seven pairs of distinguishable lyrifissures (laterad of and about in transverse line with j 2, anterolaterad of z 2, anterior to and about in longitudinal line with j 4, anterior to and about in longitudinal line with z 4, laterad of and about in transverse line with j 5, anteromesad of z 5, mesad of and about in transverse line with z 6); with three small scleronoduli between j 5 and j 6. Unsclerotised cuticle laterad of podonotal shield with a pair of setae (r 4); without accessory shields anterolaterad of podonotal shield. Opisthonotal shield smooth, except for a narrow punctate band along medial region of anterior margin; 136 – 152 (145) long and 103 – 110 (114) wide at widest level; with 18 pairs of setae (including R 1, R 3 and R 4) and nine pairs of distinguishable lyrifissures (three at anterior corner of the shield, mesad of and about in transverse line with J 1, posteromesad of J 2, posterolaterad of J 3, posterolaterad of J 4, posteromesad of S 3, posterior to and about in longitudinal line with R 1). Unsclerotised cuticle laterad of opisthonotal shield with two pairs of setae (R 2 and R 5). Measurements of setae: j 1 16 (15), j 2 17 (broken), j 3 21 (19), j 4 20 (21), j 5 18 (19), j 6 18 (broken), z 1 10 – 11 (11), z 2 14 (15), z 3 21 (21), z 4 19 (21), z 5 18 (22), z 6 23 (24), s 1 8 (8), s 2 20 (24), s 3 20 (18), s 4 27 (24), s 5 22 (24), s 6 23 (24), r 2 22 – 23 (22), r 3 32 – 35 (30), r 4 15 – 16 (19), r 5 15 – 17 (20), r 6 24 (26), J 1 19 – 20 (21), J 2 19 – 20 (21), J 3 21 (22), J 4 19 (23), J 5 15 – 16 (18), Z 1 22 (25), Z 2 20 – 21 (24), Z 3 22 – 24 (25), Z 4 21 – 25 (21), Z 5 38 – 40 (43), S 1 20 (22), S 2 20 – 21 (23), S 3 19 – 21 (24), S 4 19 – 20 (23), S 5 27 – 30 (27), R 1 16 (15), R 2 10 – 11 (15), R 3 10 – 12 (13), R 4 16 – 18 (16), R 5 26 – 28 (32). All dorsal idiosomal setae aciculate and smooth. Ventral idiosoma (Fig. 21). Base of tritosternum 15 – 16 (broken in holotype) long and 9 wide proximally; laciniae 55, separated for about 90 % of their total length, slightly pilose. Sternal shield smooth, anterior margin indistinct; region anterior to the first pair of sternal setae (st 1) lightly sclerotised and punctate; posterior margin with short central rounded projection; approximately 101 (106) long, from anterior margin of lightly sclerotised and punctate region to tip of medial projection of posterior margin, 63 (68) wide at widest level; with four pairs of setae and three pairs of lyrifissures. Genital shield smooth, with a punctate band along convex posterior margin; longer than wide; extending posteriorly well behind coxae IV; distance between st 5 – st 5 32 (35). Lyrifissure iv 5 on unsclerotised cuticle, posterolaterad of st 5. Ventri-anal shield smooth, with a narrow punctate band along anterior margin; 102 – 106 (102) long and 83 – 89 (82) wide at widest level, not fused with dorsal shield; with four pairs of setae (Jv 1 – Jv 3 and Zv 2) in addition to circum-anal setae, without distinguishable lyrifissures. Unsclerotised cuticle around margins of ventri-anal shield with three pairs of setae (Jv 5, Zv 1 and Zv 3). Peritreme extending anteriorly to level of anterior margin of coxa III (region between r 3 and r 4). Peritrematic shield narrow, fused anteriorly to dorsal shield anterior to r 3 and extending posteriorly as a narrow and diagonal strip to level of posterior margin of coxa IV; with a pair of lyrifissures posterior and close to stigma. A pair of elongate metapodal platelets present well behind insertion of coxa IV, at level of anterolateral corners of ventri-anal shield. Measurements of setae: st 1 17 (18), st 2 18 (18), st 3 18 (17), st 4 17 – 18 (17), st 5 14 – 15 (broken), Jv 1 16 – 17 (17), Jv 2 17 (broken), Jv 3 21 – 23 (23), Jv 5 19 – 20 (20), Zv 1 14 – 16 (15), Zv 2 15 – 16 (17), Zv 3 10 (12), para-anal 24 – 25 (27), post-anal 45 – 47 (48). All ventral idiosomal setae aciculate and smooth. Spermatheca. Not visible. Legs. Lengths: I: 247 – 276 (268); II: 185 – 199 (215); III: 150 (174); IV: 215 (242). Numbers of setae on legs I – IV: coxae: 2, 2, 2, 1; trochanters: 6, 5, 5, 5; femora: 13, 11, 6, 6; genua: 13, 11, 9, 10; tibiae: 14, 10, 8, 10; tarsi II – IV: 18, 18, 17. Chaetotaxy as reported by Evans (1963) for “ Rhodacarus - group ” of Rhodacaridae, except tarsus IV with one less seta, pl 4. Seta ad 1 of tibia IV (26 – 28) distinctly longer than other dorsal setae of the same segment (15 – 17); all dorsal setae of femur and genu of leg IV and of femur, genu and tibia of other legs similar to each other in lengths (15 – 21). Seta pd 2 of tarsus IV (30 – 37) erect, slightly longer than other dorsal setae on the same segment (17 – 27). Pretarsus I absent; pretarsi II – IV similar in shape and length, each consisting of an elongate ambulacral stalk, a pair of strongly sclerotised claws and three rounded pulvillar lobes. Adult male. Not found.	en	Rueda-Ramirez, Diana, Castilho, Raphael C., De Moraes, Gilberto J. (2013): Mites of the superfamily Rhodacaroidea (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Colombia, with a key for the world species of Desectophis Karg (Ologamasidae). Zootaxa 3734 (5): 521-535, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3734.5.2
8C55878D9B6EFFDCFF6BFF3EFC00FE9C.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Two females from soil in a grassland (pH 5.0 – 6.0; organic matter 26 – 37 %; humidity 70 – 75 %) at “ Setor San José ” (04 ° 39 ’ N 73 ° 51 ’ W), “ Vereda Mundo Nuevo ”, municipality of “ La Calera ”, Departamento de Cundinamarca, Colombia, February and December 2010. All specimens collected by D. Rueda – Ramirez and deposited at Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia, Escola Superior de Agricultura “ Luiz de Queiroz ” (ESALQ), Universidade de São Paulo (USP, Piracicaba, State of São Paulo, Brazil). The holotype female was collected by A. Zicsi and I. Loksa from moss on litter of a vertical bank of the river Rio Guajalito (alt. 1850 m), Las Palmeras, Pichincha Province, Ecuador, 18 April 1989. Deposited at Arachnologischen Sammlung des Museums für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany.	en	Rueda-Ramirez, Diana, Castilho, Raphael C., De Moraes, Gilberto J. (2013): Mites of the superfamily Rhodacaroidea (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Colombia, with a key for the world species of Desectophis Karg (Ologamasidae). Zootaxa 3734 (5): 521-535, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3734.5.2
8C55878D9B6EFFDCFF6BFF3EFC00FE9C.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This species was described on the basis of the adult female holotype and 18 adult female paratypes. The following characteristics mentioned or shown in the original description and illustrations of the species do not agree with our observations of the holotype and of the specimens collected from Colombia: podonotal shield without a lateral punctate band between s 1 and s 3, and with 20 pairs of setae; unsclerotised cuticle laterad of podonotal shield with three pairs of setae (s 3, r 2 and r 3); opisthonotal shield with 16 pairs of setae; unsclerotised cuticle laterad of opisthonotal shield with three pairs of setae (R 2 – R 4); seta R 5 absent. Karg (1998) provided no information about the hypostome, tritosternum, lyrifissures and leg setal counts. The only measurements provided in the original description are the length (260 – 300) and width (120 – 150) of the idiosoma, lengths of setae j 1 (cited as i 1) (16), z 1 (cited as r 1) (8), s 1 (cited as r 2) (8), J 5 (cited as I 5) (16), Z 5 (40), other dorsal idiosomal setae (22 – 25), post-anal (cited as Ps) (45), other ventral idiosomal setae (16 – 22), lengths of legs I (290), II (190), III (150) and IV (220). In addition to the characteristics mentioned in the diagnosis of Multidentorhodacarus by Castilho et al. (2012 a, 2012 b), other morphological features found in M. triramulus and M. colombianus could also correspond to characteristics common for the genus. These are: fixed digit of chelicera with setiform pilus dentilis [also shown in M. paulista Castilho & Moraes, 2010; M. ruwenzoriensis (Loots, 1969); M. saboorii Castilho, Jalaeian & Moraes, 2012; M. sogdianus (Shcherbak, 1980), M. squamosus Karg, 2000 b, M. sublapideus (Ryke, 1962); M. tertius (Karg, 1996), and M. thysi (Jordaan, Loots & Theron, 1988)]; chelicera with antiaxial lyrifissure (not shown in other species), with dorsal lyrifissure and dorsal seta (both of the latter two structures also shown in M. thysi). In contrast to what was observed in M. triramulus and M. colombianus, the dorsal cheliceral seta of M. thysi was illustrated as setiform. Acknowledgements We thank the Brazilian CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development) for the scholarship to the first author. We are also grateful to FAPESP (São Paulo Foundation Research) for the postdoctoral fellowship to Raphael de Campos Castilho (Process # 2011 / 18971 - 7).	en	Rueda-Ramirez, Diana, Castilho, Raphael C., De Moraes, Gilberto J. (2013): Mites of the superfamily Rhodacaroidea (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Colombia, with a key for the world species of Desectophis Karg (Ologamasidae). Zootaxa 3734 (5): 521-535, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3734.5.2
